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Michael Pollan, author of The Omnivore's Dilemma and The Botany of Desire, talks about how he came to the idea of viewing the world from other species points of view.

Watch this brief talk from Google as Japanese cleaning consultant Marie Kondo takes you through her KonMari Method and the ideas she conveys in her bestselling book The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing.

This book is a good reference on vegetable gardening.

The art and science of composting is presented in a humorous and readable manner from the basic elements to the in-depth science.

A group of notable writers - including UK poet laureate Simon Armitage, Julian Barnes, Margaret MacMillan, and Jenny Uglow - celebrate our fascination with the houses of famous literary figures, artists, composers, and politicians of the past

Eidth Wharthon and architect Odgen Codman discuss Victorian interior decoration and design. They denounce much of the Victorian practices and offer more practical and classical ways of decorating the interior of a house.

This book is a good reference on the perennial flower gardening and landscaping.

Contributing writer to the New York Times Magazine and the author of The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World, Michael Pollan delivers this Avenali Lecture on the stories of four familiar plant species: the apple, the tulip, the potato, and cannabis.

Elbert Hubbard visits the homes of authors, politicians, poets, philosophers and other prestigious people.

Gardening expert Steve Solomon has written extensively on gardening techniques for the home gardener.